I do! It's the best place to catch the The Bernie Mac Show. Which incidentally stars a Emmy and Golden Globe nominated BLACK comedian, who I like very much. He won those nominations because even though he was black, he understood that his work should appeal to everyone regardless of skin color and culture.

I think the black entertainers who create entertainment intended specifically for blacks are really the ones playing into racism. They are expecting to be rewarded for work that a large amount of the population simply doesn't identify with. And many of their works serve to propitiate and idolize the cultural issues that are putting them out the the mainstream.

I'm sure that as soon as they break down the racial and cultural barriers that they have constructed, and integrate in American culture (basic things like 2 parent families, having jobs, eliminating ebonics, and earning merit instead of claiming discrimination), they will gain a high level of respect and get their nominations.

Not necessarily. If the "that's racist!" people were boycotting, say, any movies the nominees starred in explicitly because they were white. Otherwise it's just a bunch of idiots that don't understand how "voting for your favourite films/actors" works.

Whether they're boycotting a single movie or the nominee group collectively, the fact they are boycotting because every nominee happens to be white is by definition, racist. They're judging them for the color of their skin color being white, not their movies. The whole point of an award ceremony like the oscars is to determine who was the best at their craft.

My thoughts are alot of white upper class people may not have gone and seen movies such as a black struggle type of movie similar to selma and others. Which is similar to a meme not getting views
They werent intrested in seeing it
.so it made it harder for any films themed on african american life to get noticed. Im sure there were other types of films. But its about working for this complaint they have made.

I see what you're saying but I don't think ticket sales have much to do with whether a movie or actor/actress from said movie is nominated. I think the nominations are determined from a board of oscar representitives alone. I know at least 3 of the nominee's movies have currently made less than 10 million at the box office and half of the films are playing at less than 1,000 theaters. Bryan Cranston's "Trumbo" for example is only playing at 66 theaters at the moment. Usually these movies get a wider release and get more theaters once the nominations hit.

The nominees for best actor is only a group of 10... 5 male and 5 female. A group of 10 not containing a black is hardly racist imo, it's such a small sample size. If the nominee group was 50 and didn't include a black person then I could see their case but 10...nah.

i see the logic, but it just isn't true. you've set up a system that to fight racism is racist in and of itself, which is irrational. by your logic: if jews were prohibited from receiving awards, so people boycotted the ceremony, does that mean that the people fighting anti-semites were racist against non-jews? how would you suggest the blacks counter the perceived racism without falling into your trap of being racists themselves?

I don't think there's any valid reason to boycott the oscars... The black protestors are only "fighting racism" in their own minds though... Just because a black person wasn't included in a group of 10 nominees doesn't mean the board of voters was being racist. It's such a small sample size. It's hypocritical for them to judge the nominees by their skin color being white, and not judge them by their movies, which is the whole point of an award show.

And your scenario of "jews being prohibited from receiving awards" doesn't really apply to what's actually happening. The reason for a black actor/actress not receiving a nomination this year isn't because black actors are prohibited from winning an award, one simply wasn't nominated from the voters.

from their perspective, a black actor wasn't nominated because the voters won't nominate someone black. the institutionalized v. actualized discrimination is purely semantics. (of course, i'm just giving their perspective. i think hollywood is one of the most race-blind places in the world, which is why outsiders are so disappointed by the boycott. but to call the boycott racist doesn't make sense, to me at least.)

Interesting article. Seems like a long tedious process. But a thorough process. So in the end everyone who is deemed deserving of an Oscar gets voted for. So am I right to be guessing that either not very many Black actors appeared in major motion pictures that met the criteria or they just didn`t make the cut as far as their acting?